Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29
.vIIyT6N's CROSS.


! sIINT6N's CROSS.
.osugle in the mountain road
,J btr. on a level ridge and into an
a,d d far better road, which was a
~" ns relief from the scotching of
J- hat We had been subjected to tor
\ aoura. Mi.
1 %s QaQon sheet and pointing to
ros Ieft of q double log house,
5, char Len Clinton lived before and
y, de war. till he had to get outen
Z, srcount of the bushwackers and
.,,ist officers
5oBse that Plunket called atten-
N was in a dilapidated condition
Ssra was nothing save the shade of
.,,ssdipg oaks and the clear water of
main spring that would induce any
| n .ton. The hewed logs of which
,oB.svas built we're moldy with age,
aabig stills had swaged, and at one
tbe rain from the caves had under
| tbe rocks which had acted as a
y and let the sill down upon the
nal. the shed rooms had all tumbled
H. be boards that yet remained over
,ouse were covered with green moss,
,be acorns from surrounding oaks
4 taken root upon it and hundreds of
oaks seemed to be thriving well in
elevated position. Weeds had pos
Ion Of the surroundings, and rank
ID vines had run up the half fallen
chimney, slipping through the
H. in the logs, winding and twining
r.elves all along the side os the build
while here aud there a long handled
IN gourd dangled from them, till
3bpg the door the vines had formed a
! pIete web as if to take the place of
! fallen door in keeping out intruders.
rae night stood two large lightwood
that indicated where the big lot
once swung, surrounded with cuckle-
weeds as high as themselves. All was
Oaton and decay, and it seems to
been the Intention of its owner for
D: to be, for a moldy board yet kept
lace on an oak which hao in large,
b letters;
r,.,...,,. ....,....,. .......'..'''''
/ LET NO ONE TRESSPASS.
Ny friends will not disturb this
place. Myenemies shall not.
Sept %. 1865. LEN CLINTON.
len Clinton" continued old man
tlSe, stood xix feet two inches in his
ping feet and was Just % years old,
nor tr pound err surplus flesh erbout
He was the best shot in north Ala
10, and warn't Altered to back up what
ao1gh' was right. Thar was lots or
agreements during of the war, and
especially here in these mountains.
lldn. have nothing to do with poll
nor var foe er long time, for he
1 man to talk much, but it got so
4 awhile thatit warn't safe for no
70 travel Ground ermong these
a'slus, for one side or the other was
q apt TO put err bullet into you when
warn thinking erbout it. One day
lgm The latter part of '63 Len was
70 old man Burrows still, and while
vas mar erbout fourteen er fifteen of
oa'aThacking gang came up. Thar
! none of these bushwhackers that
'''sd AFTER any trouble with Len, so
loi Ground and talked and drank,
lalh and talked till erlong up in the
efoug came old man Edwards boy
w mil with turn OF whaat. Old
l' was a terrible JEFF Davis man,
-s bushwhackers warn't ergwine to
A ger any milling done if they coald
" Ihey stoppe1the boy, and ell of
so' Olt In the road Ground him, and
4al the hide fellow scared TO death,
u commenced 10 beg 'em but they
-'.l Aeads set on devilment and they
g'.ul 70 nave trouble. ORe of 'em
yas open and let the wheat run
y me ground, and one of 'em stuck
l-..7 "a TIE old mare just to see her
qua some of en- said let's give the
4 GOO whipping and send him back
| W. rebel dad, and it was no sooner
.-'4 light TO cutting switches they
--1 w boy was crying and begging
| 1s soft thar on an old bench and
'.1 nothing yet, out ali of a
y -5 grabbed his old gun and sprans
n Y Tree and then he lowed:
! 4 n.y. uau that lays er switch on
h"aaeEer5 gotiurious then and
a1 guns and the captain Of the
Gown ercross the boy with a
p as did the crack of LENS
'I and it settled that captain.
~ .aeaed ergiu and another of
aeSrf7 fell, and then they all
,.... 'or they kuowed Len had
"..a him and he vas Just as
... pistol Is Sc was with en- gun.
OH Len Clinton was looked
-'tN Aau, and he had TO
A--t according.
IL 7p t1me it was well known
.ou was 2 great JeG Davis
t's''y soon was made captain
-l thar var thirty or forty
-,-A B want 10 better fun
70 recover stolen prop-
De wrongs committed
-e-efs of the other side.
aeRiaing to git things
i4 ai- settlement 80 ~ a
I'VE when in pops one
--ez1p1 officers and tells
r. ne war.
-e1sa war right here in
said len.
'ipt oihcer he raised er